Education
Master of Fine Arts, Directing - University of New Orleans, 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre with Speech certification - Centenary College of Louisiana, 1991
Academic Experience
2018-present Professor of Theatre, Lone Star College-Montgomery
2012-2018 Department Chair, Drama, Dance and Live Entertainment Technology, LSC-M
2006-2012 Professor of Theatre and lead faculty, LSC-M
2004-2006 Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Jesuit High School, New Orleans
1998-2006 Director of Theatre, Instructor of Stagecraft, TV/Radio Production, Film Analysis,
Speech -JHS
1998 Acting Instructor – Tulane University Summer Shakespeare Festival
1998 Theatrical Talented Instructor (grades 3- 12) - Jefferson Parish Creative Arts and Talent
Program
1996-97 Graduate Teaching Assistant - UNO - Department of Drama and Communications
1995-97 Technical Assistant - UNO Scene Shop
1994-95 Scenic carpenter/welder - Centenary College
1994- Instructor of American History and Free Enterprise - Byrd High School - Shreveport, LA
1992- Instructor of ESL and ED/BD - William James and Diamond Hill Middle School -
Ft. Worth, TX
1991- Student Teacher of Theatre - Caddo Magnet High School - Shreveport, LA
Creative Productivity
Directing
Student Body by Frank Winters - Lone Star College Montgomery
Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater -LSC-M
12 Angry Jurors by Sherman L. Sergel – LSC-M
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket by Peter Parnell –LSC-M
Green Day’s American Idiot by Armstrong and Mayer- LSC-M
The Birds- by Conor McPherson – LSC-M
96 Minutes – adaptation by Chase Waites – LSC-M
The Tempest by William Shakespeare – LSC-M
Power Lunch by Alan Ball – LSC-M
The Very Merry Xmas Carol Holiday Adventure Show by Jain, Johnson, and McCann – LSC-M
Peter Pan by Piers Chater Robinson – LSC-M
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Jeffrey Hatcher – LSC-M
Private Eyes by Steven Dietz – LSC-M
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Sheinkin and Finn – LSC-M
Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig – LSC-M
Too Much Memory by Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson – LSC-M
Rent by Jonathan Larson – LSC-M
The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley – LSC-M
And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson by Jim Leonard, Jr. – LSC-M
Little Shop of Horrors by Menken and Ashman – LSC-M
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball - LSC-M
Anniversary by Norman Bert – LSC-M
The Philadelphia by David Ives – LSC-M
Sure Thing by David Ives – LSC-M
Mind’s Prison by Tim Stinnett (World Premiere) – LSC-M
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald – LSC-M
The Great American Trailer Park Musical by Nehls and Kelso- LSC-M
Noises Off by Michael Frayn – LSC-M
The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang – LSC-M
Home Front by James Duff – LSC-M
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gessner – LSC-M
The Foreigner by Larry Shue – LSC-M
The Shape of Things by Neil Labute – LSC-M
The Sleeper by Catherine Butterfield – LSC-M
96 Minutes by Chase Waites (World Premiere) – LSC-M
Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet – LSC-M
The Problem by A.R Gurney, Jr. – LSC-M
Singin in the Rain by Brown, Freed, et. al. – Jesuit Philelectic Society
Dead Man Walking by Tim Robbins (Regional Premiere) – JPS
Chess by Tim Rice, et al JPS
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee - JPS
Barry Manilow’s Copacabana by Barry Manilow, et al – JPS
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman - JPS
Footloose by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie - JPS
Broadway Bound by Neil Simon - Rivertown Repertory Theatre
The Crucible by Arthur Miller - JPS
Guys and Dolls by Loesser - JPS
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare – JPS
West Side Story by Bernstein, Laurents, Sondheim – RRT
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by Loesser - JPS
Nunsense by Dan Goggin - Carlone's Dinner Theatre
The Fantasticks by Schmidt and Jones - Salem Community Theatre
Godspell by Stephen Schwartz - JPS
The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin - Jesuit On Stage Theatre (Chase Productions LTD)
Steel Pier by Kander and Ebb – JPS (Regional Premiere)
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry – Le Petit Theatre (CPL)
The Who’s Tommy by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff – JPS
Tracers by John DiFusco, et al. – True Brew Theatre (CPL)
The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged) by Adam Long, et al – Le Petit Theatre (CPL)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Le Petit Theatre (CPL)
Burden by Robert E. Williams (World Premiere) - UNO/ Le Petit Theatre
Dr. Sex by Phillip Zwerling (World Premiere) - UNO
All Their Songs Were Sad by Patsy Voigt (World Premiere) - UNO/ Le Petit Theatre
Out of Gas on Lover's Leap by Mark St. Germaine - UNO
Rumpelstiltskin by Moses Goldberg - UNO
Lone Star by James McClure - UNO
Pvt. Wars by James McClure - UNO
Cats in the Cage by Zane Gray (World Premiere) - Centenary College
Nunsense by Dan Goggin (Remount) - Centenary College
Rumpelstiltskin by Moses Goldberg - Gas Light Players - Shreveport, LA
Not In My Backyard by Anna Aslin, et al (World Premiere) - Caddo Magnet High School
Acting
Norbert – The Great American Trailer Park Musical – LSC-M
Inspector Barnes – Bells Are Ringing - Rivertown Repertory Theatre - New Orleans
Sir Jasper Tring - Me and My Girl - RRT
Herbie - Gypsy - Le Petit Theatre - New Orleans
Arvide Abernathy - Guys and Dolls - Louise V. McGeehee School - New Orleans
Officer O'Hara - Arsenic and Old Lace - Le Petit Theatre - New Orleans
Mr. Lyons - Blood Brothers (Louisiana Premiere) - UNO
Mario - Italian Opera (World Premiere) - UNO
Lloyd - Noises Off - UNO
John - Oleanna - UNO
Charlemagne - Pippin - The Lorio Center - New Orleans
Various Roles - The Radio Play (World Premiere) - East Bank Theatre - Bossier City, LA
Various Roles - Sweet Charity - Centenary College
Gooper - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Centenary College
De Cerisay - The Devils - Centenary College
Steward - Into the Woods - Centenary College
Tyler Moss - Crossing Delancey - Shreveport Little Theatre
Various Roles - Man of La Mancha - Centenary College
Stanley - Broadway Bound - Centenary College
Andy - Birds of Paradise (Louisiana Premiere) - Centenary College
Bottom - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Centenary College
M.C. - Chicago - Centenary College
Torvald - A Doll House - Centenary College
Mordcha - Fiddler on the Roof - Performing Arts Center - Shreveport
Wykowski - Biloxi Blues - Centenary College
Various Roles - Scrambled Feet (Texas Premiere) - Tarrant County College-South
Pirate King - The Pirates of Penzance – TCC-South
Selridge - Biloxi Blues – TCC-South
Various Roles - La Cage a GaGa (World Premiere) – TCC-NW
Sydney - God's Favorite – TCC-NW
Narrator - Lovers – TCC-NW
Technical
Properties Master – Somebody/Nobody – LSC-M
Production Manager – 2 by Shel – LSC-M
Production Manager – Par Four – LSC-M
Production Manager – Waiting – LSC-M
Production Manager - Four on the Floor - LSC-M
Production Manager – A Trio of Ones – LSC-M
Properties Master – The Great American Trailer Park Musical – LSC-M
Properties Master – Noises Off – LSC-M
LD – Noises Off - LSC-M
Production Manager – The Actor’s Nightmare – LSC-M
Set Designer – Home Front –LSC- M
Production Manager - You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown– LSC-M
LD - You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown– LSC-M
Sound Op- You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown– LSC-M
Production Manager – The Foreigner – LSC-M
Production Manager – The Shape of Things – LSC-M
LD – Winter Fantasies starring Will Makar – Round Rock Entertainment
Production Manager – The Sleeper – LSC-M
Production Manager - 96 Minutes – LSC-M
Sound Designer - 96 Minutes – LSC-M
TD - 96 Minutes – LSC-M
LD - 96 Minutes – LSC-M
Set Designer 96 Minutes – LSC-M
Production Manager – I Hate Hamlet – LSC-M
Set Designer– I Hate Hamlet – LSC-M
LD – I Hate Hamlet – LSC-M
Production Manager – Sexual Perversity in Chicago – LSC-M
Production Manager – The Problem – LSC-M
Set Designer – Company – LSC-M
Production Manager – Bleacher Bums – LSC-M
TD – Singin in the Rain -JPS
TD – Dead Man Walking-JPS
TD – Chess-JPS
Sound Board Op – Chess-JPS
LD - To Kill a Mockingbird -JPS
TD – To Kill a Mockingbird - JPS
TD – Barry Manilow’s Copacabana - JPS
TD - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - JPS
TD – Footloose - JPS
TD – The Crucible - JPS
TD – Guys and Dolls – JPS
TD – Romeo and Juliet - JPS
TD - How to Succeed… - JPS
TD - Godspell - JPS
Set Designer - The Boys Next Door - JOST
TD - Steel Pier - JPS
TD – The Who’s Tommy - JPS
Sound Designer - All Their Songs Were Sad - UNO
Sound Designer - Tracers - UNO
Sound Designer - Out of Gas on Lover's Leap - UNO
Sound Designer - Cats in the Cage - Centenary College
TD - Sauer Angelica - UNO
TD - Candida - UNO
TD - Measure for Measure - UNO
TD - Kitchen Sink Drama - UNO
Sound and Light Op - Three by Tennessee - North Star Theatre - Mandeville, LA
ATD/ASM/AD - The Illuminati - UNO
Master Carpenter - Wishing Aces (World Premiere) - Southern Repertory Theatre - New Orleans
Master Carpenter - Noel and Gertie - Southern Repertory Theatre
Master Carpenter - Into the Woods - Rivertown Repertory Theatre - New Orleans
Master Carpenter - The Amorous Flea - Rivertown Repertory Theatre
Master Carpenter - Moon Over Buffalo - Rivertown Repertory Theatre
Master Carpenter/Welder - Frankenstein - Centenary College
Master Welder - The Devils - Centenary College
AD/SM - Sweet Charity - Centenary College
AD - Nunsense II - Centenary College
AD/SM -Driving Miss Daisy - Centenary College
AD - Nunsense - Centenary College
ATD - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Centenary College
Set Designer - Rumpelstiltskin - Gas Light Players - Shreveport
Sound Op - Escaped Images Dance Concert - Centenary College
Prop Master - Steel Magnolias - Centenary College
Dramaturge
Place of the Skull by Christopher Young
Mind’s Prison by Tim Stinnett
Writing
Stage Adaptation of 96 Minutes from the Texas Monthly article by Pamela Colloff
TV/Video
Director/Writer/Editor – Getting It Together (TSI Assessment Prep Video)
Producer/ Editor – On My Way (Jesuit Student Video Interviews)
Producer/ Editor - Jesuit Open House - 2005. 2004, 2003
Producer/ Editor - JHS Senior Video Yearbook 2005, 2004
Talent - NFL promo for ESPN and TNT
Talent - J.B. Cable Advertisements - Shreveport - Seva May, Director
Director - Teen Suicide/ Drug Awareness video - Caddo Magnet High School - Shreveport
Published Articles
Dead Man Walking: A Director’s Perspective – JayNotes – Volume 32, No. 1, Fall 2004
Presentations
Community College-Real or Fake College –KCACTF 2018
Strategies for Successful College Transfer – KCACTF 2018
The Birth of an AVSS Program - ATHE 2010
Innovations in Recruiting – ATHE -2009
The Truth About Community College: Shaping Our Perception –ATHE- 2008
Academic Committees
2009 - present – Member of LSC-System Workload Committee
2009 - present – Chair of Adjunct Excellence Committee
2007 – present – Member of LSC-M General Scholarship Committee
2007 – present –A/V Systems Specialist Curriculum Committee
2006 – present – Chair of LSC-M Theatre Scholarship Committee
2006 – present - Member of LSC-M Drama Core Curriculum Committee
2004 – 2006 - JHS Academic Council
1996-98 - Student Delegate - Production Resource Committee - Dept. of DRCM - UNO
1997-98 - Student Delegate - University Senate - UNO
Professional Memberships
2008- 09- InfoComm
2007- present Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
2007 – 2012 - United States Institute for Theatre Technology
2007 – present - Texas Educational Theatre Association
2007 – present – TETA Adjudicators Organization
2006 – 07 – The Drama League
2006 – present – Association for Theatre in Higher Education
2006 –2012 – Society of American Fight Directors
Extra Curricular Activities
2016 – present Committee, KCACTF Region 6
2010 - present - ATHE member, various committees
2009 - Facilitator of Back-to-Basics Theatre workshop for theatre teachers
2008- 2015- sponsor of Delta Psi Omega Chapter 389
2008 - present –Two-Year College Program Focus Group Representative- ATHE
2007 – present – certified adjudicator for University Interscholastic League One-Act Play Contest
2006 – 2007 - Sponsor of Theatrum Mundi Theatre Club
2005 – 2006 - Member of Assoc for Supervision and Curriculum Development
2003 – 2006 – Moderator, WJHS Radio/TV Club - JHS
2003 – Auditorium Renovation Consultant - JHS
1998 – 2006 – Moderator, Jesuit Philelectic Society
1998 – Founder and President – Chase Productions LTD
1997-98 - Secretary of State - Student Government - UNO
1997-98 - Vice-President - Lakefront Players - UNO
1996-97 - Senator - Student Government - UNO
1996-97 - Founder and President - Lakefront Players –UNO
1993 Head Baseball Coach – Blue Raider Pony League (2nd Place)
1990-91 - President - Rivertowne Players - Centenary College
1990-91 - Member - Alpha Psi Omega - Centenary College
1989-90 - Member - Shreveport Little Theatre Board of Directors
Awards and Citations
2019-20 Lone Star College-Montgomery Faculty Excellence Award
2019 Student Body KCACTF Respondent's Choice Award, Directing, Ensemble, Selected for Region 6 Festival
2018 12 Angry Jurors KCACTF Respondent’s Choice Award, Directing, Ensemble
2018 Kennedy Center Medallion
2018 American Idiot KCACTF Respondent’s Choice Award, Directing, Stage Management,
Choreography, Costume Design, Musical Directing, Acting
2012 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde KCACTF Respondent’s Choice Award
2011 Private Eyes KCACTF Texas State Festival Directors’ and Respondent’s Choice Award
2010 Too Much Memory Recognition by KCACTF-Regional Committee’s Choice, Alternate for Region 6 Festival, Directing, Acting, Costumes, Stage Management, Makeup, Scenery
Design and Technical Direction, Irene Ryan regional finalist
2009 And They Danced Real Slow in Jackson-KCACTF Award for Original Music, Ensemble
Acting
2009 Marquis Who’s Who in America member
2009 Biltmore Who’s Who among Montgomery County Professionals member
2008 Mind’s Prison – Recognition by KCACTF – Acting, Lighting Design, Support of New
Works
2008 Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) – Recognition by KCACTF – Technical
Direction (Rob Kreps)
2007 Home Front - Recognition by KC/ACTF – Sound Design (Justyn Reed and Richard Sellers),
Graphics Design (David Kerr) and Properties Design (Tim Stinnett and
Linda Whittington)
2006 96 Minutes - Recognition by KC/ACTF - Costume Coordination (Stephen Blaschke,) and
Stage Management (Keila Outlaw)
2004-05 Recognition by National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
2004, 2002, 2001, 2000 Nominee for Excellence – American High School Theatre Festival
2002 Who’s Who Among American High School Teachers member
1999 The Boys Next Door - Best Actor - (Michael P. Sullivan - Storer Boone Awards)
Best Supporting Actress - (Kim Patterson - Marquis and Storer Boone Awards)
1998 Best Drama - Tracers - Big Easy Awards
(Best Supporting Actor - Dane Rhodes)
1998 Best Drama - Tracers - Storer Boone Awards
(Best Supporting Actor - Dane Rhodes)
1998 Best Director of a Drama - Tracers - Storer Boone Awards
1998 Best Comedy - The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkpr (abridged) - Storer Boone Awards
(Best Actor - Gary Rucker)
1998 Best Director (Honorable Mention) - New Orleans Times- Picayune
1998 Best Ensemble Play, Tracers, (Honorable Mention) - N.O. Times-Pic
1998 Outstanding Director - Impact News
1998 Best Comedy – The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkpr (abridged) – Impact News
1997-98 Selected to Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities
1997 Best Director - Tracers - UNO Lakefront Players
1995 Best Supporting Actor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Centenary College Rivertowne Players
1990 Best Production (Dem-lab) - Hamlet - Rivertowne Players
1990 Director's Choice - Nunsense - ACTF, Louisiana
1989 & 90 Irene Ryan Scholarship Nominee
1988 Nominee for Best Supporting Actor – Wykowski in Biloxi Blues - Shreveport Times
Drama Awards
1987 Outstanding Acting - Biloxi Blues - ACTF, Texas